skybell wrote:
> Hey,  Sorry for the dumb question but I need a little help.  Where can I
> find info on where programs by default install.  I installed star office
> and can't find it in Gnome.  How can I find out where it was installed
> and how I can get some shortcuts to my desktop.  Thanks, in advance.

locate simpler and much faster than find, especially if there are a lot of
files on your system. The locate database is updated by cron each night. You
can update it as root by running 'updatedb'.

To add items to your personal menu, run gmenu (Foot->Settings->Menu Editor)
or edit the menu item files in ~/.gnome/apps/. System menus are kept in
/usr/share/gnome/apps/ and /etc/X11/applinks/. Desktop icons are in the same
file format, but are stored in ~/.gnome-desktop/. Here's my
"Gnumeric.desktop" file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Gnumeric
Comment=Spreadsheets
Exec=cd $HOME/Documents ; gnumeric 
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-gnumeric.png
Terminal=false
MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application


I found that the menu editor does not always produce correctly formatted
files. The file format is simple enough that I find it faster to create the
files manually by copying an existing file and editing it as needed.

Tony
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